What did you splurge your pocket money on when you were a kid?

1. "My first solo trip to the newsagent with a warm 20p in hand was a massive thrill. I'd get a Jackie magazine (to be scandalised at the advice on kissing - 'practice on a pillow or the back of your hand') and I'd have enough left over for a white chocolate skull filled with pink slime. They were happy days."Image credit: Pinterest Nostalgia and Alt 80s

2. "I got about 50p a week. I'd spend it on comics. I remember waiting in the queue with my Bunty or Mandy and I just couldn't wait to get home to read it from cover to cover. I used to love The Four Marys."Image credit: The Guardian

3. "Our local paper shop used to sell stationery. For some reason I used to use my pocket money to stock up on things like packs of elastic bands, treasury tags and accounting notebooks. I'm a teacher now. I still love stationery."

7. "My dad used to give me £5 a week and I used to be able to get the bus to my friend's house, go to the cinema and have a Happy Meal from McDonalds, then get the bus home again. All for a fiver!"Image credit: keptelenseg

8. "I used to walk into the town with my older sister on a Saturday morning. She'd get a quarter of a pound of pear drops and Jackie magazine, and I'd get a quarter of sherbet pips and Twinkle. It never occurred to us to get anything different. It was just what we did."Image credit: The Vintage Assortment

9. "I remember vividly the day my brother and I went to the shop to buy crisps, and they'd gone up from 3p to 3.5p. We stood there counting on our fingers and trying to work out if we had enough money. Trouble was, neither of us knew how to do fractions yet!"Image credit: Flickr

10. "GEL PENS. Oh the mighty coveted gel pens. Also sparkly hair clips, clip-on earrings, body glitter and glittery hair mascara. I'd also get Mizz magazine that came with some plasticy free thingymebob and pages you could cut out and put on your wall."Image credit: szineshir